Space Vocab pt. 2

A medium-sized STAR at the center of the solar system; made of HYDROGEN and HELIUM

• sun

• sun spots

• comet

• asteroid

Match the following:

• a bright streak of like also known as a shooting star.

• Sun spots

• composed of rock, ice, and dust; orbits the Sun.

• comet

• DARK AREA (Cooler area) on the surface of the Sun.

• space probe

• Irregularly shaped objects in a region of space between Mars and Jupiter.

• asteroid

• uncrewed vehicle that carries scientific instruments to planets or other bodies in space.

• meteor

Geostationary orbit (GEO)

• 36,000 km above earth; satellites are always above the same spot on Earth

• Less than 1,500 km above earth. satellites provide clear images.

• uncrewed vehicle that carries scientific instruments to planets or other bodies in space.

• Technologies that were developed for the space program, but are now used in everyday life.

Match the following:

• A long term orbiting platform from which other vehicles can be launched.

• Low earth orbit (LEO)

• any human made object placed in orbit around a body in space.

• Natural Satellite

• Less than 1,500 km above earth. satellites provide clear images.

• Spinoffs

• Technologies that were developed for the space program, but are now used in everyday life.

• Artificial Satellite

• A natural body that revolves around a planet; Includes all planet moons.

• The International Space Station (ISS)

Hubble telescope

• Carried into orbit by the Space Shuttle in 1990.

• A reusable vehicle that takes off like a rocket and lands like an airplane.

• composed of rock, ice, and dust; orbits the Sun.

• a bright streak of like also known as a shooting star.

A reusable vehicle that takes off like a rocket and lands like an airplane.

• Space shuttle

• Comet

• Spinoff

• International space station (ISS)